Kukamonga

Kukamonga was a Tongva village near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. Its name has been translated as “sandy place”, recalling the ground of the inland valley. The village stood near the landmark later called Red Hill and formed part of a wider world of Tongva communities. Spanish missionaries at San Gabriel recorded the name in 1785, after the mission had begun to extend its authority across the valley and draw local people into its system.